The Macaé Youth Cup (Portuguese: Copa Macaé de Juvenis) was an under-17 football cup formed by Brazilian and international teams. The competition was organized by the Macaense Sporting League (Liga Macaense de Desportos) in association with the Rio de Janeiro Football Federation, and it ran from 1997 until 2009.

Format

The competition format changed almost every year. Normally, the clubs were divided in several groups of four or five teams, and the two best-placed clubs of each groups qualify to the knockout stage.

All matches were usually played in July, in Macaé and other countryside Rio de Janeiro state cities, like Barra do Macaé, Campos dos Goytacazes, Carapebus, Córrego do Ouro, and Quissamã.

Invited clubs

Usually traditional Brazilian clubs were invited, like Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Paranaense, Bahia, Botafogo, Corinthians, Coritiba, Cruzeiro, Flamengo, Fluminense, Grêmio, Internacional, and Vasco da Gama.

Among the non-Brazilian clubs which had disputed the competition, were América, Toluca and UNAM Pumas of Mexico, Pohang Iron and Steel Company (Posco) of South Korea and Shanghai Shenhua of China.

List of champions

YearChampionRunner-up
1997Botafogo
1998Vasco da Gama
1999Flamengo
2000Internacional
2001InternacionalCruzeiro
2002FluminenseVitória
2003FluminenseVitória
2004GrêmioVitória
2005InternacionalFigueirense
2006FlamengoFluminense
2007CruzeiroFlamengo
2008CruzeiroParaná
2009United StatesFunorte

Titles by club

ClubStateTitles
InternacionalRio Grande do Sul3 (2000, 2001 and 2005)
CruzeiroMinas Gerais2 (2007 and 2008)
FlamengoRio de Janeiro2 (1999 and 2006)
FluminenseRio de Janeiro2 (2002 and 2003)
BotafogoRio de Janeiro1 (1997)
GrêmioRio Grande do Sul1 (2004)
United States United States1 (2009)
Vasco da GamaRio de Janeiro1 (1998)

Titles by state and country

State/countryTitles
Rio de Janeiro6
Rio Grande do Sul4
Minas Gerais2
United States1

External links

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